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OneDrive Admin Center First Look

[Post Updated 12/19 to correct the statement on Device Access with MAM settings]

At the Ignite conference, Microsoft announced (Here) that a new OneDrive Admin Center was coming before the end of 2016. It’s here now!

Accessing the new Admin Center is available via the hyperlink below for Office 365 tenants configured for ‘First Release.’ It is currently in preview ‘aka Beta’ and will eventually get added into the Admin menu. Until then, you need to access it via direct URL:

Better visibility into some settings that were previously only available through PowerShell

Some new MDM capabilities that previously required an Intune license

Nicely summarized Compliance Page with links for Auditing, DLP, Retention, eDiscovery, and Alerting. (No new capabilities, but it’s informative, educational and convenient to have them all listed for OneDrive Admin)

Several new settings are available in the OneDrive Admin Center that were previously not exposed in the SharePoint Admin Center:

Default Storage (ability to increase from 1TB to 5TB) (was previously only available in PowerShell)

Days to retain files in OneDrive after a user account is marked for deletion (was previously only available in PowerShell)

NEW Features: Device Access

Control access based on network location (this was briefly available in the SharePoint Admin center but was subsequently removed, but still configurable in PowerShell).